VEGETABLES

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Across
  1. 1. a thickened pungent aromatic rhizome that is used as a spice and sometimes medicinally
  2. 5. a leafy garden plant with a short stem and a dense globular head of usually green leaves that is used as a vegetable
  3. 6. the pungent usually crisp root of a widely cultivated Eurasian plant of the mustard family usually eaten raw
  4. 7. an erect South American herb of the nightshade family widely cultivated for its edible starchy tuber
  5. 8. a widely cultivated Asian herb of the lily family with pungent edible bulbs
Down
  1. 2. also known as brinjal
  2. 3. a garden plant related to the cabbage
  3. 4. a biennial herb with a usually orange spindle-shaped edible root
  4. 5. a hot pepper of any of a group of cultivars noted for their pungency